Shoe holder



, Sept. 5, 1944. JEN N 2,357,656

v SHOE HOLDER Filed Aug. 11, 1943 INVENTOR.

Patented Sept. 5, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE g 2,357,656 f ,5 j I SHOE HOLDER Louie C. Jensen, Racine, Wis.

Application August 11, 1943, Serial No. 498,227

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a shoe holder of the type forming the subject matter of my Patent No. 2,258,766, wherein a shoe, slipper or the like, is emplaced on a hanger or rack that is designed for mounting upon a wall, in a showcase, traveling box or the like, for display or storage purposes.

An object of the present invention is to improve the shoe holder by the provision of a pivoted plate to engage the inner sole of the shoe, the plate being disposed on an arm which has its pivoted end offset downwardly and is adapted to be maintained in shoe holding position through the medium of a latch which extends across the offset end of the arm and is pivotally mounted between its ends on the end of the runner to which the arm is pivoted, and is provided with a cam which cooperates with a spring carried by the runner to yieldably hold the latch in latched position.

A further object is to provide apparatus of this character which will be formed of a few strong, simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and. which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional .view of a case showing a shoe holder constructed .in accordance with the invention in side elevation therein.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the shoe holder.

Figure 3 is an end elevation showing the runner and saddle thereof for engaging the heel of the shoe.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the saddle, runner, ears for mounting the shoe holding arm, and spring, of the holder is made.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the latch is made, I

Figure 6 is a plan view of the plate carried by the arm for engaging the insole of the shoe.

Referring now to the drawingin which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, [0 designates a portion of a shoe case. The shoe holder comprises an arcuate arm H which is pivoted at one end to a runner I2, and which extends from the runner to the shoe l3. The arm is provided at its free end with a plate l4 having a struck up ear I6, see Figure 6, which is pivoted to a flattened portion 11 on the arm by a pivot pin l8. The plate is curved longitudinally and is adapted to contact with the inner sole of the shoe. The runner I2 is formed from a blank of sheet metal shown in Figure 4 bent to provide diverging ears l9 adapted to straddle the heel of the shoe, a substantially straight body portion 20 having guide flanges 2|, see Figure 3, triangular ears 22 between which the offset end 23 of the arm H is pivoted through the medium of a pivot pin 24, and an extension 25 which forms a wall to which the hereinafter described latch is pivoted.

The runner is provided with a leaf spring 9 which is rigidly secured at one end to the runner as shown at,26 and is bent downwardly at its free end, see Figure 1, to engage a track 21, formed of a metal bar, upon which the flanges 2| slide. The track is bent upwardly at one end as shown at 28 and secured to the case 10 by screws 29. The opposite end of the track is formed integral with a reversely inclined bracket 30 which is secured at one end to the case by screws 3|.

A latch 32 is secured to the wall 25 of the runner. The blank from which the latch is formed is shown in Figure 5. The latch is formed of sheet metal bent to provide a triangular ear 33 on one side of a straight body portion 34, and a rectangular ear 35 on the opposite side of the body portion. The body portion extends beyond both ears as shown at 36 to form a cam at one end of the latch the purpose of which will presently appear.

The body portion 34 of the latch is pivotally secured to the wall 25 of the runner by a pivot pin 31. The latch extends across the offset pivoted end 23 of the arm H, see Figure 1, and the cam 36 of the latch engages the end of the leaf spring 9 to yieldably hold the latch in position to maintain the arm II in shoe holding position as shown in Figure 1. The ears 33 and 35 project angularly from the body portion and form grips through the medium of which the latch may be rotated to disengage from the arm II and permit the arm to release the plate 14 from the shoe when it is desired to disengage a shoe from the holder. In this position of the arm also a shoe may be engaged with the holder.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A shoe holder comprising a track, a runner on the track, means on One end of the runner for engaging the heel of a shoe, an arm pivoted at the opposite end of the runner and adapted to extend into the shoe, a pivoted plate on the arm adapted to contact with the inner sole of the shoe, said arm having its pivoted end offset, a spring carried by the runner disposed in engagement with the track, a latch for maintaining the arm in shoe holding position pivotally mounted between its ends upon the runner and extending across the offset pivoted end of the arm in contact with the arm, and cam means on the latch cooperating with the spring to hold the latch in operative position,

2. The structure as of claim 1 and in which the cam means comprises a projection extending downwardly from the latch adapted to engage the spring resiliently to hold the latch in operative position.

3. The structure as of claim 1 and in which said plate is curved longitudinally and is adapted to contact at the ends with the inner sole of the shoe.

LOUIE C. JENSEN. 

